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I would really like to get this video game, but I only have an old MacBook Pro right now.

I'm playing primarily on a Windows 7 VM in VirtualBox on a late 2012 MBP. It "runs" but it's pokey, to say the least; even with everything dialed down (animations off, etc). I'm able to get my fix, but it's far from an ideal setup.

The main thing I noticed is the fewer AU on the screen, the better it runs. In other words, zoom all the way in. It's pretty responsive when you do that for the most part. Obviously the downside is you lose context (where things outside your viewing area are, etc), but at least you can play.

I get the feeling all the processing is happening for all the objects on screen all the time. It would be nice if you could make the objects static so the system doesn't have to constantly redraw everything. That would probably help a lot.

I'm playing primarily on a Windows 7 VM in VirtualBox on a late 2012 MBP. It "runs" but it's pokey, to say the least; even with everything dialed down (animations off, etc). I'm able to get my fix, but it's far from an ideal setup.

I'm having trouble even starting on a 2011 MBP with the windows 10 trial, stuck on "Saving scenario file..." Windows and steam seem to be OK, with plenty of system overhead left. Any chance you did something special to get past that speed bump?

I'm having trouble even starting on a 2011 MBP with the windows 10 trial, stuck on "Saving scenario file..." Windows and steam seem to be OK, with plenty of system overhead left. Any chance you did something special to get past that speed bump?

The limiting factor seems to be Video Ram. I have mine maxed out at 256MB for the VM, and gave the VM 2 cores.

Not sure where the "Saving scenario file..." line is displayed? What were your full steps to get there?

It's very possible that Win 10 in a VM on the 2011 MBP is just too much for it since Win 10 is a much bigger video hog.

That's more than sufficient. It just means you don't have a discreet GPU; that's perfectly fine. If it makes you feel any better, I am getting excellent performance on a 6-year old MBP playing through Wine. Their specs are pretty modest.

That's more than sufficient. It just means you don't have a discreet GPU; that's perfectly fine. If it makes you feel any better, I am getting excellent performance on a 6-year old MBP playing through Wine. Their specs are pretty modest.

To translate a little: computer graphics come in "discrete" and "integrated" flavors. Discrete means that graphics are handled through a physically separate component; a "video card." Integrated graphics are built into the motherboard or even the main processor chip itself. Once upon a time, this was a Big Deal and trying to run games without a discrete graphics solution would only result in heartbreak and tears. Now, not so big a deal; modern computers tend to have memory and clock cycles to spare, especially home PCs.

Any hints on getting Steam/Ogre to run under Wine? I haven't had time to purchase it yet, but I was hoping I could make it work directly under Wine on Linux rather than having to go the VM route...

There are two issues with Wine:
1. The Steam app itself is pretty weird under wine, but that mostly doesn't matter
2. Play the game in Windowed mode, not fullscreen; things get weird swapping between the game and the Steam app otherwise

Other than that, I didn't do anything special, but I haven't tried Wine under linux yet; I'm using the Wine from homebrew on Mac.